Abstract
The healthy psychological development in adolescence depends on basicly how they view themselves, their lives, their relations and their economic statues which may differ by sex. The aim of this research was to examine the extent to which self-efficacy beliefs may serve as predictors of life satisfaction in adolescents in a Turkish sample. Moreover, the effects of gender and perceived socio-economic status were investigated because literature shows contradictory results about their effectiveness on both self-efficacy and life satisfaction in adolescence. The data was gathered by The Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children and The Satisfaction with Life Scale with a questionnaire. Participants consisted of 444 adolescents from different schools, 207 girls and 237 boys, in Izmir, Turkey. Findings indicated that academic, social and emotional selfefficacy are important predictors of life satisfaction in adolescents. Self-efficacy explained 45% of the variance of life satisfaction of Turkish adolescents. According to gender, results showed significant differences in emotional and general self-efficacy while there were no significant differences in life satisfaction, 1202 Fatma E. IKIZ – Bulent. B. TELEF academic and social self-efficacy. Results also showed that adolescents who perceive higher socio-economic status indicated higher social and general selfefficacy, higher life-satisfaction as well. As a conclusion, self-efficacy is an important predictor of life satisfaction; gender is effective on emotional and general self-efficacy; perceived soscio-economic level is effective on both selfefficacy and life satisfaction in Turkish adolescents.
Highlights
In positive psychology orientation, working with adolescents, it is important to examine the strengths and positive assets of this developmental stage rather than focusing on the stressors or potential negative outcomes (Roberts et al, 2002)
Vecchio et al (2007) indicates that higher levels of academic and social self-efficacy beliefs in early adolescence were longitudinally associated with higher levels of life satisfaction in late adolescence
This study aimed to examine the extent to which self-efficacy beliefs may serve as predictors of life satisfaction in adolescents regarding the effects of gender and socio-economic status in a Turkish sample
Summary
Working with adolescents, it is important to examine the strengths and positive assets of this developmental stage rather than focusing on the stressors or potential negative outcomes (Roberts et al, 2002). A new vision of adolescence points to the individual strengths that promote positive development, researches give importance to examine the personal and social determinants of successful development during adolescence (Vecchio et al, 2007). It has become clear that individuals play a proactive role in their adaptation (Bandura, 2006). In this regard, self-efficacy beliefs are considered to have a pervasive influence on youths’ successful development as well as to influence their positive thinking about themselves and their life including the positive expectations about their future (Bandura, 1997). Vecchio et al (2007) indicates that higher levels of academic and social self-efficacy beliefs in early adolescence were longitudinally associated with higher levels of life satisfaction in late adolescence. This study aimed to examine the extent to which self-efficacy beliefs may serve as predictors of life satisfaction in adolescents regarding the effects of gender and socio-economic status in a Turkish sample
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